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A ____ is a heavy thing that you must carry or something difficult you have to do or know about.
burden
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A _____ is a set plan for or formal way of doing something.
ritual
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Who is the author of 'The Tell-Tale Heart'?
Edgar Allan Poe
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Where does the story take place?

An old house

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What was two of the 4 topics discussed in Friday's CNN Student News?

-air pollution 

-developments concerning a planned meeting between the leaders of the U.S. and North Korea. 

-walkout of public school teachers 

-drones in business.

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When something _____, it stops
ceases
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When things _____, they become less strong.
subside
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What is the initial conflict in the story?

The Narrator wants to kill the old man because of his evil eye.

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What does the narrator do with the old man's body?

 He hides it in the floor.

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What was the name of the competition in Tacoma on May 5th?

The Samoan Arts and Academic Competition

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Someone who is filled with _____ is very afraid.
dread
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When you are _____, you are weak and could be easily hurt.
vulnerable
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How many nights does the narrator visit the old man without killing him?

7 nights. He kills him on the 8th 

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What happened to Poe's parents?

They both died when he was young

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What color are Mrs. Coppock's shoes?

black

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An ____ sign hints that something evil or dangerous is coming.
ominous
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A ____ is someone who can predict what will happen in the future.
prophet
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Which of these sentences shows that a character in “The Tell-Tale Heart” is in a dangerous situation?

1. A watch’s minute hand moves more quickly than my hand did.

2. Anything was better than to let them go on making a fool of me!

3. I knew that the old man couldn’t even dream of my secret actions or thoughts.

3. I knew that the old man couldn’t even dream of my secret actions or thoughts.

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What does the heart symbolize in the story?

 The narrator's guilt.

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How many days of school are left before summer?

32 days

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When an idea has ______, it is important and connects to another thing.
relevance
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To ____ is to believe that something may be different from what it seems.
suspect
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The action in this story suddenly speeds up when 

1. the narrator finds the old man’s door locked. 

2. makes the officers comfortable. 

3. thinks of a way to hide the body. 

4. first hears the beating of the heart.  

4. first hears the beating of the heart.  

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What leads to the narrator's final breakdown?

He believes he hears the beating of the old man's heart and that the police can hear it as well; however, the narrator believes that the police are teasing him by pretending not to hear it. 

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In the end, what causes the narrator to confess? 

1. his regret 

2. his honesty 

3. his imagination

3. his imagination